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Review Summary: "Famous" isn't really better than their debut, but it is a solid record nevertheless. If you've been a radio rock fan back for about 20 years now, chances are - you've heard of Puddle of Mudd. Maybe not in the most positive of lights, but there is no way you could escape "Blurry" or "She Hates Me" at the turn of the past decade, they were flooding the airways. "Come Clean" was an album that made them huge, and it is a fairly decent post grunge record, with good enough singles and some solid deepcuts as well. However, the biggest problem PoM has is how much filler are they able of exporting on their albums. "Come Clean" had only a couple of those fortunately, but the follow-up "Life on Display" was just an abomination, pretty much the sophomore slump situation. Uninspired songs, the most basic generic music, boring lyrics and to top it all - Wes Scantlin's overly nasal vocals. Above all that, the replay factor was zero and the hook were either bland or flat out nonexistent (tho "Away From Me" was still a good song).
Members have left and four years passed, can they show us that Puddle of Mudd train hasn't completely fell off the rails? Well, in some ways the certianly did, and straight out of the gate - "Famous" is a significant improvement over "Life on Display", both musically and lyrically. It has way more solid ideas thrown in the mix, hooks are much stronger and Wes' voice does miles better job than last time around. Both singles "Famous" and "Psycho" are really fun and catchy jams, while "We Don't Have to Look Back Now" is a solid attempt at pop. "Psycho" was once again, a huge single for them, dominating the rock radio for weeks, and it honestly is a really good track. Yes the lyrics are ridiculous and instrumental is simple, but it works to its favor, honestly. "Livin' on Borrowed Time" has, again, everything that LoD lacked; catchy (kinda generic tho) riff, set of decent lyrics, a good chorus, and a sense of fun, pretty much everything you want to have in your music as a radio rock band.
However, the one thing that plagues this album is the same thing that plagued "Come Clean" - filler tracks. While some songs are some of the best tracks in their discography, some of them are just as painfully paint by numbers and bland as you can get. "I'm so Sure" is easily the worst track here, and "Thinking About You" sound like a B-side LoD track. It's truly offputing, because it unables you to fully enjoy the intire experience, you just zone out after listening to them. Not to discredit really every deep cut here, "Radiate" is one of their best ballads to date, "Merry Go Round" is an energetic faster number, and "If I Could Love You" ends this record on a fairly decent note.
The one other issue with "Famous" is that they brought several people to help to write music for them. Not saying professional songwriters are a bad thing, but it feels less Puddle of Mudd in places than anything off LoD. It really works in places, but in others it really proves that "Famous" would be way better is Wes and company wrote the songs on their own. Say anything what you want about Wes Scantlin, but guy knows how to write a hook, and that is a very important factor for a mainstream rock band.
So overall, "Famous" isn't really better than their debut, but it is a solid record nevertheless. It may not be a game changer or the most innovative thing ever, but it really doesn't need or try to be. It is mostly a fun listen with some incredibly catchy tunes and some of their best love ballads to date. It may not change your negative opinion (if you have one) on the band, but it is at least worth giving a listen, since this is almost as good as it gets with them, since Volume 4 was also just middle-of-the-road and they kinda fell off the map after that.
Recommended:
Psycho
Famous
Radiate
Livin on Borrowed Time
Merry Go Round
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Album Rating: 3.5
Good album tbh
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Also check your shoutbox, I recommended you something
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I checked it...decent track, deserves more views tbh
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You totally need to check the whole album
https://open.spotify.com/album/0TyqyKjDHqVCPx831t8kYK?nd=1
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Always felt Life On Display and Vol. 4 (as well as Come Clean) were better than this album tbh
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Life on Display is a bore, and that review goes out tomorrow lmao
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Yeah I def disagree with that, always found it to be a hidden gem that got overlooked. Looking forward to the review though!
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